From: Ondrej Mosnacek Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:13:03 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions() X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8924336531e21b187d724b5fdf5277269c9ec22c;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions() The IPC sysctls implement the ctl_table_root::permissions hook and they override the file access mode based on the CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE capability, which is being checked regardless of whether any access is actually denied or not, so if an LSM denies the capability, an audit record may be logged even when access is in fact granted. It wouldn't be viable to restructure the sysctl permission logic to only check the capability when the access would be actually denied if it's not granted. Thus, do the same as in net_ctl_permissions() (net/sysctl_net.c) - switch from ns_capable() to ns_capable_noaudit(), so that the check never emits an audit record. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122141303.241133-1-omosnace@redhat.com Fixes: 0889f44e2810 ("ipc: Check permissions for checkpoint_restart sysctls at open time") Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek Acked-by: Alexey Gladkov Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Cc: Eric Biederman Cc: Paul Moore Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index 1fb08922552c7..37db92b3d6f89 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns) ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN); } +static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable_noaudit(struct user_namespace *ns) +{ + return ns_capable_noaudit(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) || + ns_capable_noaudit(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN); +} + /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct dentry *dentry, diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c index 15b17e86e198c..9b087ebeb643b 100644 --- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c +++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int ipc_permissions(struct ctl_table_header *head, const struct ctl_table if (((table->data == &ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS].next_id) || (table->data == &ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS].next_id) || (table->data == &ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS].next_id)) && - checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(ns->user_ns)) + checkpoint_restore_ns_capable_noaudit(ns->user_ns)) mode = 0666; else #endif